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bakarudin's avatar
bakarudin
Follower
Jan 20, 2023

Advice on setting up my nighthawk as an access point

I've been doing my research on this sub and want to explain the setup I plan to put out tomorrow (new home hype) and ask some questions. I have a nighthawk R8000P. My house is 3500 square feet Fro...
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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 20, 2023
bakarudin wrote:

  1. The ethernet that connects to my nighthawk goes in a LAN port not the WAN one correct?

 

I use WAN. That is also what the manual says:

 

"Use an Ethernet cable to connect the Internet port of this router to an Ethernet port in the other router."

 

Start with this:

 

How do I change my NETGEAR router to AP mode? | Answer | NETGEAR Support

 

then read this:

 

Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support